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Savings 2016-17 Reduction of mobile library service

Savings 2016-17 Reduction of mobile library service | South Lanarkshire Council
TitleSavings 2016-17 Reduction of mobile library service
Council ResourceCommunity and Enterprise
Service AreaCommunity and Enterprise
Aims and ObjectivesThe reduction of the mobile library service to one vehicle serving South Lanarkshire is recommended as the existing
vehicle fleet is no longer suitable for continued service provision due to physical condition and the costs associated
with vehicle replacement. The mobile timetable will be amended so that mobile stops which have had little or no usage
in the past twelve months will be deleted from the timetable. In addition, the 29 primary schools that receive a mobile
visit will continue to receive a mobile visit on a frequency reduced from weekly to fortnightly, but a longer stop to allow
more interaction with the children. Currently, approximately 500 children use the mobile libraries over a month out of a
total of 1,200 monthly mobile users.The proposal is that a menu of activities will be offered to the primary schools and
associated nurseries by the libraries childrens services team in conjunction with the mobile library service. These will
include the existing "Meet the Books" programme for primary age children and "Shake, Rattle and Read" and "Toddler
Tales" for nursery children. These activities all aim to develop literacy skills and are based around books and stories.
Key events such as the Summer Reading Challenge, Book week Scotland and National Tell-a-story day will continue
to be delivered to rural primary schools. This will be in place from April 2016. The provision of good transport facilities
to locations with static branch libraries offer opportunities to provide full library services to current mobile library users.
ConclusionThe reduction of the mobile library service to one vehicle is recommended as the existing vehicle fleet is no longer
suitable for continued service provision due to physical condition and the costs associated with replacement. The reorganization
of the mobile library schedule to eliminate stops which have had little or no use will allow the majority of
stops to continue to receive a service with frequency altered from weekly to fortnightly. The impact on older, disabled
and vulnerable customers will be mitigated by the provision of the door to door library home delivery service.
Completion date2014 - 2018
Contact Email addressequalities@southlanarkshire.gov.uk
AreaCouncil Wide